Chronicle of Light Year: Taipei-Copenhagen
 

I was back in that empty house

submerged by the sea long time ago

where one could see traces of mermaids.

Ever since, I’ve had the same dream over and over…

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“I grew up in the damp, dark alleys of Keelung.

In the wintertime, one could feel the dampness in the quilts and walls when getting up.

I thought the whole world was like this back then.”

“I came from Denmark, the cold, windy place far away where Andersen grew up.

I hate that place. It’s too fucking cute and comfortable!”

After his critically acclaimed technology performances (Empty Memories; Teatime with Me, Myself and I), CHOU, Tung-Yen and his team ventured further into the field this time in the Taiwan-Denmark co-production, Chronicle of Light Year: Taipei-Copenhagen. The collaboration began in 2015. After four stages of development and work-in-progress presentations, it will officially premiere in the 2018 Taipei Art Festival.

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The award-winning artist at the World Stage Design (Gold in Interactive & New Media Design) brings the visual vocabulary in this new creation to another level with the 4D Box Hologram developed by the Culture Yard, Denmark. It is a story about two time travelers and their intimate memories light years away. They linger in each other’s dreams, trying to hold on to those moments from the past. Moments that they don’t want to let go, yet are dissolving in the deep sea of oblivion.